The Ice Box Cookie has been in my recipe box for years and I turn to it often because the cookies are so yummy and I like have extra dough ready in the refrigerator or freezer to take out and bake a fresh batch.

Cream butter and both sugars until mixture is smooth. Add eggs and beat. Mix flour, soda and salt in a separate bowl and whisk together. Add to creamed mixture. Stir in walnuts. Divide dough into 3 parts and make into long rolls. Wrap with waxed paper and chill or freeze overnight. Dough is very soft and impossible to cut unless very cold or frozen.

Cut into 1/8-inch slices; put on cookie sheets and bake 10 – 12 minutes at 375°. Let rest a few minutes when out of the oven and then continue to cool on a cooling rack. They are very tender cookies and will break if handled before set. This is why they melt in your mouth and are so yummy.

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3 Comments on Ice Box Cookies

My mother used to make these, and I never found the recipe. I am so excited. She has been gone, 31 years ago yesterday, I just realized. I think I’ll make these tonight in her memory! Well, I’ll make the dough.

I am sure they won’t be exactly the same, somehow “Mom”s” cookies are always the best, but I hope you do enjoy them.
I never seem to be able to replicate the things my mom always made, but I can get close.